10 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2011/0273(COD)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion entails addressing existing territorial imbalances and eliminating disparities in development and accessibility. To do so, it is essential to adjust the balance between coastal and inland areas, urban and rural areas, and well linked and remote areas, making this one of the priorities of cohesion policy. This need is even greater in the border regions and warrants appropriate action under the ERDF and territorial cooperation. Given this imperative, it is necessary to promote and ensure balanced and environmentally friendly spatial planning based on efficient transport, production, energy, service and tourist infrastructures that can be utilised without any physical, technical and administrative barriers within and between Member States. This form of integrated approach is capable of supporting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and achieving the objectives the Union has set itself in the field of territorial cooperation.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibilityroblems in ensuring territorial continuity, poor accessibility and insufficient or non-existent transport links, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, transport networks, tourist infrastructure, cooperation among universities or health centres), while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Areas for transnational cooperation should be defined having regard to actions needed to promote integrated territorial development facilitating mobility between tourist and hinterland areas. The Commission should be empowered to define transnational cooperation areas.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Under the trans-European transport network operational programme, priority is given to financing projects concerning missing cross-border links and those aimed at removing bottlenecks, in order to facilitate mobility and make territories, particularly tourist destinations, more accessible. In order to achieve these objectives, there is a need to strike an even balance between use of the Connecting Europe facility, the Cohesion Fund and the ERDF, particularly via the ‘European territorial cooperation’ objective.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is necessary to adapt the content requirements of cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal to their specific needs and to local development issues. Therefore they also need to cover aspects necessary for effective implementation on the territory of participating Member States, such as the bodies responsible for audit and control, the procedure to set up a joint secretariat, and the allocation of liabilities in case of financial corrections. In addition, due to the horizontal character of interregional cooperation programmes, the content of such cooperation programmes should be adapted, especially as regards the definition of the beneficiary or beneficiaries under the current INTERACT and ESPON programmes.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Consistent with the goal of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Structural Funds should provide a more integrated and inclusive approach to tackling local problems, such as a lack of support for transport and tourist infrastructures. In order to strengthen this approach, support from the ERDF support in border regions should be coordinated with support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund(EMFF) and should, where appropriate, involve European groupings of territorial cooperation set up under Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) where local development figures among their objectives.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1) cross-border cooperation and the removal of physical, technical and administrative barriers between adjacent regions to promote integrated regional development between neighbouring land and maritime border regions from two or more Member States or between neighbouring border regions from at least one Member State and one third country on external borders of the Union other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – introductory part
In addition to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [the ERDF Regulation], the ERDF shall support the sharing of human resources, facilities and infrastructures across bordersintended to remove the border effect under the different investment priorities, as well as the following investment priorities within the thematic objectives, whilst taking specific circumstances and local needs into account:
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a – point -i (new)
Article 6 – point a – point -i (new)
-i) cross-border rebalancing between coastal and inland areas, urban and rural areas and well linked and remote areas, as well as cross-border structural actions supporting economic, social and territorial cohesion, accessibility, growth, development and attractiveness;
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a – point i
Article 6 – point a – point i
i) integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility and the removal of physical, technical and administrative barriers, joint local employment initiatives and joint training (within the thematic objective of promoting employment and supporting labour mobility);